Fresh violence in Assam; three killed in Kokrajhar, curfew imposed

The situationin Assam appears to be far from over. Reports coming in that three people havebeen killed and two injured after armed miscreants entered at Ranighuli village and fired.The armed men then disappeared.

The incident happened at 11 pm after which police forces came andsecured the area.

Indefinitecurfew continues in Chirang district and since this morning curfew has beenimposed in Kokrajhar too.

Yesterday armyconducted flag marches in Chirang and Kokrajhar.

This is thesecond incident on violence in last 48 hours. On Sunday, four more bodies wererecovered from the Kokrajhar and Chirang districts.

Kokrajhar was the epicentre of the ethnic violence that broke out in July that haskilled over 60 people and left over four lakh displaced.